job details: scheme and syllabus of group 2 services
SCHEME OF
EXAMINATION
Minimum
qualifying marks
Duration
Paper-I: 150
150
GENERAL STUDIES
Paper-II: 150 150
(i) Social and Cultural History of Andhra
Pradesh (the History of various Social and
Cultural movements in Andhra Pradesh)
(ii) General overview of the Indian
Constitution.
Paper-III: 150 150
Planning in India
and Indian Economy;
Contemporary problems and Developments
in Rural Society with special reference to
Andhra Pradesh
TOTAL:
450
Other
Important Points:
1. The selections to these group 2 posts will be based on the
marks/merit obtained by the
candidates in the Written examination subject to rule of reservation,
local reservation
etc. duly following special representation as laid down in General
Rule-22 and 22-A
of A.P. State and Subordinate Service Rules, and
also with due regard to special /
technical qualifications if any.
2. Candidates must appear for all the three papers in written
examination.
3. There will be no waiting list. If eligible candidates are not
available, such vacancies
will be carried forward to the next notification.
SYLLABUS
PAPER-I
GENERAL
STUDIES
1. General Science
2. Current Events of National and International Importance.
3. History of India
and Indian National Movement. India
and World Geography.
4. General Mental Ability.
5. Questions on General Science will cover General appreciation and
understanding of science
including matters of every day observation and experience, as may be
expected of a well
educated person who has not made a special study of any particular
scientific discipline. In
current events, knowledge of significant national and international
events will be tested. In
History of India,
emphasis will be on broad general understanding of the subject in its social,
economic and political aspects. Questions on Indian National Movement
will relate to the
nature and character of the nineteenth century resurgence, growth of
Nationalism and
attainment of independence. In geography emphasis will be on geography
of India.
Questions
on geography of India
will relate to physical, social and economic geography of the country,
including the main features of the Indian agricultural and natural
resources. On general mental
ability, the candidates will be tested on reasoning and analytical
abilities.
6. DISASTER MANAGEMENT (Source
: CBSE Publications)
a. Concepts in disaster management and vulnerability profile of India / State of A.P.
b. Earth quakes / Cyclones / Tsunami / Floods / Drought – causes and
effects.
c. Man made disasters - Prevention strategies.
d. Mitigation strategies / Mitigation measures.
PAPER-II
(i) SOCIAL
AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF ANDHRA PRADESH
1. The Satavahanas and their contribution – social structure – Ikshvakus
and their cultural
contribution; Buddhism and Jainism; The Eastern
Chalukyas of Vengi – their socio-cultural
contribution – growth of Telugu language & Literature.
2. Socio- Cultural and Religious conditions in Andhra Desha between
first and fifteenth
centuries of the Christian Era.
3. Establishment of British Rule – 1857 Revolt and its impact on Andhra
and Hyderabad
Socio-cultural awakening ; Adi-Andhra/Dalit and Justice/self – respect
movements; Growth
of Nationalist Movement in Andhra between 1885 and 1947 – Role of
socialists –
communists – anti-zamindari-kisan movements.
4. Asafjahi Dynasty – socio-cultural awakening in Telangana -Adi-Hindu
Movement – Nizam
Rashtra Janasangham – Andhra Mahasabha – Andhra Saaraswata Parishat – Hyderabad
State Congress and Vandemataram Movement.
5. Growth of Leftist / Communist Movement and Telangana People’s Armed
Struggle –
Ittehadul-Muslimeen – Razakars-anti-Nizam Struggles and end of Nizam’s
Rule. Integration
of Hyderabad
State into Indian Union –
Formation of Andhra Pradesh – Important historical
events after 1956.
(ii)
GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
1) Salient features of the Indian Constitution – Preamble, Fundamental
Duties, Fundamental
Rights, Directive Principles of State Policy and their relationship.
2) Distinctive features of Indian Federation - Distribution of
Legislative Powers between the
Union and the State; Relative roles of Legislature, Executive and Judiciary.
3) Community development experiment – 3 tier model of Panchayat Raj – 73rd and 74th
amendments and their implementation.
4) Welfare Mechanism in India:
Provisions for Scheduled Castes, Tribes and Minorities;
Reservations for SC, ST and Backward Classes; Prevention of SC and ST
Atrocities Act;
National and State SC and ST Commission; Women’s Commission;
National and States
Minorities Commission and Human Rights Commission.
5) Unicameral and Bicameral Legislatures – Functions and crises of
accountability, decline of
legislature.
PAPER-III
PLANNING
IN INDIA & INDIAN ECONOMY
1) Planning in Indian Economy – Socio-economic objectives and outlays of
5 year plans –
Major controversies of planning in India – Alternative strategies –
Goals and achievements –
shortfall of different plans – Planning in the market – Major
reforms/policy changes effect
from 1991.
2) Broad fiscal, monetary, industrial trade and agricultural policies,
objectives, rationale,
constraints and effects.
3) Geographic size – Endowment of natural resources, population; size composition
quality
and growth trends – occupational distribution – effect of British rule
with reference to drain
theory and Laissez faire Policy.
4) Money banking and public finances – concept of money and measures of
money supply
velocity of money banks and credit creation, determination of price
level – inflation, its
causes and remedies , finance budget – taxes and non-tax revenue.
5) Meaning and measurements of growth- growth distribution and welfare,
characteristics of
under development, stages of development, sources of growth capital –
human capital,
population, productivity, trade and aid, growth strategies – types of
average measures –
dispersion-correlation-index numbers ; types, uses and limitations.
CONTEMPORARY
PROBLEMS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN RURAL SOCIETY WITH
SPECIAL
REFERENCE TO ANDHRA PRADESH
1. National Income & Main sectors
of Economy, GDP (Gross Domestic Product), Per capita
income and HDI (Human Development Index) as measures of development.
Relative
contribution of agriculture to income and employment in the recent four
decades of AP.
2. Five year plans of AP – Outlays, Finance in public sector plan and
resource allocation
pattern in the recent five year plan.
3. Need for and aims of land reforms in AP – Structure of land holdings
in AP. Forest, sown
and irrigated area in AP. Cropping pattern. Sources of Agricultural
finance in AP –
Agricultural subsidies.
4. Growth and structure of Industries in Andhra Pradesh , factories,
small and tiny sectors,
their comparison , growth , weaknesses and problems- Institutional and
non-institutional –
growth and structure of cooperatives in Andhra Pradesh – Share of
cooperatives in total
credits – adequacy and problems.
5. Structure of Agricultural outputs – administered prices including
support and procurement
prices – Public Distribution System in AP ; Service sector of AP –
importance, composition
and growth with special reference to transport and communication,
tourism and information
and biotechnology.
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